Landlords avoid tenants who pay with vouchers

David Phillips

Economics Letters, 2017, vol. 151, issue C, 48-52

Abstract: This paper uses a correspondence experiment with fictional housing applicants to test how landlords respond to tenants paying with a subsidized voucher. Landlords respond positively to those wishing to pay by voucher only half as often as to those indicating no such desire. Within the set of apartments eligible for voucher rent limits, the voucher penalty increases with monthly rent. Landlord behavior places quantitatively important restrictions on the quantity and type of apartments available to voucher recipients.

Keywords: Housing choice voucher; Section 8; Correspondence experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R31 R38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.11.036

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